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- Thesaurus|2.4k
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82 entries under painful topic. ×
| heartbreaking(adjective, moving, sad, tender, unpleasant) | |
| sentimental(adjective, kind, moving, caring, loving) | |
| disturbing(adjective, moving, unpleasant, vicious, emotional) | |
| fierce(adjective, strong, evil, nasty, difficult) | |
| hurtful(adjective, hard, unpleasant, vicious) | |
| agitating(adjective, moving, emotional, touching) | |
| perturbing(adjective, moving, emotional, touching) | |
| virulent(adjective, evil, nasty, harsh, vicious) | |
| afflictive(adjective, unpleasant, vicious, distressing) | |
| burning(adjective, strong, hard, sharp, difficult) | |
| calamitous(adjective, unhappy, unpleasant, gloomy, miserable) | |
| hard(adjective, severe, evil, nasty, harsh) | |
| heartrending(adjective, moving, tender, wretched) | |
| provoking(adjective, moving, unpleasant, vicious) | |
| rigorous(adjective, severe, harsh, unpleasant, vicious) | |
| bloodthirsty(adjective, evil, nasty, harsh, vicious) | |
| brutish(adjective, evil, nasty, harsh, vicious) | |
| callous(adjective, hard, evil, nasty, harsh) | |
| cold-blooded(adjective, evil, nasty, harsh, vicious) | |
| degenerate(adjective, evil, nasty, harsh, vicious) |
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